ERIC Number: EJ900946
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 27
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-166X
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Are College Graduates More Responsive to Distant Labor Market Opportunities?
Wozniak, Abigail
Journal of Human Resources, v45 n4 p944-970 Fall 2010
Are highly educated workers better at locating in areas with high labor demand? To answer this question, I use three decades of U.S. Census data to estimate a McFadden-style model of residential location choice. I test for education differentials in the likelihood that young workers reside in states experiencing positive labor demand shocks at the time these workers entered the labor market. I find effects of changes in state labor demand on college graduate location choice that are several times greater than for high school graduates. Nevertheless, medium-run wage effects of entry labor market conditions for college graduates equal or exceed those of less-educated workers. (Contains 31 footnotes and 6 tables.)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Migration, Occupational Mobility, Models, Labor Market, Economic Opportunities, Selection, Geographic Location, Place of Residence, High School Graduates, Data Analysis, Census Figures, Employment Patterns
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Higher Education
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Language: English
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